The 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations

December 9, 2013

The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the best of 2013 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

Each critic submitted their top five picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough Performance, Best Screenplay, and Best Documentary. From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top five in each category have been placed on the final ballot. The 2013 winners will be announced on Friday, December 13th, 2013.

Leading with five nominations each this year are American Hustle and Short Term 12. Other top nominees with four nominations each are 12 Years a Slave, Her, and The Wolf of Wall Street. Receiving three nominations each are August: Osage County, Before Midnight, and Captain Phillips. Both Spike Jonze and David O. Russell have been nominated twice this year for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Destin Cretton has been nominated twice in the Best Screenplay and Best Breakthrough categories. Brie Larson is nominated twice in the Best Actress and Best Breakthrough categories. Julie Delpy is nominated twice for Best Actress and Best Screenplay. Matthew McConaughey is also nominated twice for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.